IRAF

IRAF is the image reduction and analysis facility. It has been ​ITP'ed for debian, but is apparently not in debian due to some licensing wrangling.

Some older debianized packages appear to be available from ​ftp://iraf.noao.edu/contrib/debian/

It also appears that the User commnunity at ​iraf.net is ​reporting success on ubuntu (however vaguely).

Here's some information Fernando got off the IRAF maintainers:

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Fernando Camilo wrote:


>> Could you please let me know whether there are any known issues for IRAF 
>> running under Linux Debian 3.1 (sarge)?  We are building a new Linux-based 
>> computing network here at the Columbia Astrophysics Lab and want to make 
>> sure that the key packages will work under our proposed operating system.


	There are no particular issues assuming you use the "linux" 
architecture and our distribution.  The various debian packages *do*
have known problems with compiling locally and/or running at all and
appear to have since been abandoned by the package maintainer.  64-bit
systems still aren't supported but other wise proceed with a normal
installation using the LNUX architecture and you should be fine.

Cheers,
Mike Fitzpatrick


--------------------------

NOTE:  As of Jan 1, 2006 NOAO  no longer operates a HelpDesk for
IRAF at iraf@noao.edu.   Support is being moved to a forum-based system
at http://iraf.net, please post future questions to that site.  Thanks.

IRAF INSTALLATION

Binaries/Packages for IRAF installation:

http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/v212/PCIX/

  	as.pcix.gen.gz  All-Sources (main IRAF distribution)	        
	ib.lnux.x86.gz  Core system binaries for Linux (generic)  	
	nb.lnux.x86.gz  NOAO package binaries for Linux (generic)  	

	patch2a/        IRAF V2.12.2a patch release files

	pciraf.ps.gz    PC-IRAF Installation Guide (compressed)
	unixsmg.ps.gz   IRAF V2.12 Site Manager's Guide (compressed)
	guiapps.readme  GUIAPPS installation instructions		
	guiapps.tar.Z  GUI Applications package

Will test using the experimental distribution as well as the following installation procedure as noted in the following email correspondance:

The following user has attempted to package IRAF for debian, however, there appears 
to be no follow through. There is a note (see following) regarding the state of the package:


"These files include the IRAF core, TABLES, and NOAO.

The binaries are compiled from source on a Debian sarge/testing
system.  You will have version problems with glibc if you try to
install it on a stable system."

Greetings, and welcome to my Debian package repository.

Send questions,comments,flames and package suggestions to me at:
justinpryzby@users.sf.net

See also the IRAF .debs:

	deb ftp://iraf.noao.edu/contrib/debian/ ./

SAO DS9 is available from the Debian main archive as of 2005-04-07.
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/saods9/
http://packages.qa.debian.org/saods9
http://bugs.debian.org/saods9

Not yet available:
http://packages.debian.org/saods9

Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list and then
`aptitude update && aptitude install iraf iraf-common`:

##IRAF testing depository
deb ftp://iraf.noao.edu/contrib/debian/ ./
deb http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/ ./

(uncomment after testing)

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-common iraf

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-doc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-doc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3478kB of archives.
After unpacking 3580kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-doc
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-doc 1 [3478kB]
Fetched 3478kB in 4s (779kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package iraf-doc.
(Reading database ... 77255 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking iraf-doc (from .../archives/iraf-doc_1_all.deb) ...
Setting up iraf-doc (1) ...
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$



cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install fort77
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fort77
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 7496B of archives.
After unpacking 61.4kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe fort77 1.15-6 [7496B]
Fetched 7496B in 0s (48.3kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package fort77.
(Reading database ... 77249 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fort77 (from .../archives/fort77_1.15-6_all.deb) ...
Setting up fort77 (1.15-6) ...

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

In addition, I installed the following layered packages from the test repository 
[http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/]:

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-cache search iraf
saoimage - A utility for displaying and processing astronomical images
iraf - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility for astronomy
iraf-common - Architecture independent files for IRAF
iraf-dev - Development files for IRAF
eclipse - ESO C Library for an Image Processing Software Environment
iraf-color - External IRAF package for creation of tricolor images
iraf-ctio - External IRAF package for analysis of Cerro Tololo data
iraf-doc - Documentation for IRAF
iraf-fitsutil - External IRAF package for manipulating FITS files.
***iraf-gemini - External IRAF package for analysis of astronomical data
iraf-gmisc - External IRAF package for analysis of astronomical data
iraf-guiapps - External IRAF package including GUI applications
***iraf-ncl - New Command Line (NCL) for IRAF
iraf-nmisc - External IRAF package for analysis of astronomical data
iraf-spptools - External IRAF package of SPP programming tools
***ncl - New Command Line (NCL) for IRAF
***task-iraf - Empty package depending on IRAF packages
wcstools - Manipulation of WCS keywords in astronomical images
x11iraf - Standalong x11 programs which complement IRAF
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install saoimage
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
saoimage is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-dev
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 222kB of archives.
After unpacking 2445kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-dev
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 ftp://iraf.noao.edu ./ iraf-dev 2.12.2a-10 [222kB]
Err ftp://iraf.noao.edu ./ iraf-dev 2.12.2a-10
  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '
Failed to fetch ftp://iraf.noao.edu/contrib/debian/.//iraf-dev_current_all.deb 
Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install eclipse
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  eclipse
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3153kB of archives.
After unpacking 7062kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  eclipse
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ eclipse 4.9.0-1 [3153kB]
Fetched 3153kB in 4s (666kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
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Unpacking eclipse (from .../eclipse_4.9.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up eclipse (4.9.0-1) ...
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-color
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-color
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 335kB of archives.
After unpacking 1057kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-color
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-color 1-1 [335kB]
Fetched 335kB in 0s (496kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package iraf-color.
(Reading database ... 77371 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking iraf-color (from .../iraf-color_1-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up iraf-color (1-1) ...

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-ctio
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-ctio
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1669kB of archives.
After unpacking 5513kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-ctio
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-ctio 1-2 [1669kB]
Fetched 1669kB in 2s (722kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package iraf-ctio.
(Reading database ... 77418 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking iraf-ctio (from .../iraf-ctio_1-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up iraf-ctio (1-2) ...
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-fitsutil
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-fitsutil
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 456kB of archives.
After unpacking 1589kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-fitsutil
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-fitsutil 1-2 [456kB]
Fetched 456kB in 0s (558kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package iraf-fitsutil.
(Reading database ... 77688 files and directories currently installed.)
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cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-gemini
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  iraf-gemini: Depends: iraf-stsdas (>= 3.2) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-stsdas
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package iraf-stsdas is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package iraf-stsdas has no installation candidate
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$


cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-guiapps
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-guiapps
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2356kB of archives.
After unpacking 6631kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-guiapps
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-guiapps 1-2 [2356kB]
Fetched 2356kB in 3s (615kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package iraf-guiapps.
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Setting up iraf-guiapps (1-2) ...

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$


cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-ncl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-ncl
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 453kB of archives.
After unpacking 1196kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-ncl
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-ncl 1.3-3
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://www.justinpryzby.com/debian/.//iraf-ncl_1.3-3_i386.deb  404 Not Found
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-nmisc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-nmisc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1040kB of archives.
After unpacking 3039kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-nmisc
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-nmisc 1-1 [1040kB]
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cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install iraf-spptools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  iraf-spptools
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 545kB of archives.
After unpacking 2253kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  iraf-spptools
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ iraf-spptools 1-2 [545kB]
Fetched 545kB in 0s (624kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
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cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$


cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install wcstools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  eclipse
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  wcstools
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3958kB of archives.
After unpacking 4948kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  wcstools
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ wcstools 3.5.5-1 [3958kB]
Fetched 3958kB in 4s (817kB/s)

Preconfiguring packages ...
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Selecting previously deselected package wcstools.
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cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install x11iraf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  tcl8.3
Suggested packages:
  tclreadline
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  tcl8.3 x11iraf
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2182kB of archives.
After unpacking 7045kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  x11iraf
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.justinpryzby.com ./ x11iraf 1.3.1-2 [1312kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/main tcl8.3 8.3.5-4 [870kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...
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Selecting previously deselected package x11iraf.
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Setting up tcl8.3 (8.3.5-4) ...

Setting up x11iraf (1.3.1-2) ...

cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$


cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install tcl-readline
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package tcl-readline
cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install tclreadline
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  tclreadline
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 62.4kB of archives.
After unpacking 299kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe tclreadline 1.2.0-6 [62.4kB]
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cdelacruz@metis:/etc/apt$






===================================================================================

> Iraf aside, what software do your astronomers need?  And, what iraf
> tasks do they use?
I've made a small turn of everyones here and ask them which part of iraf and
which softwares to they used and which softwares
iraf:
----
Photometric's Reduction Visible/IR
Spectroscopic's Reduction
Spectroscopic's Analysis
Galactic Profile Adjustement


softwares:
---------
midas http://www.eso.org/projects/esomidas/
giraffe http://girbldrs.sourceforge.net/
SuperMongo http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/sm/
ds9 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/
skycat http://archive.eso.org/skycat/
mathematica http://www.wolfram.com/
maple http://www.maplesoft.com/

yorick http://sourceforge.net/projects/yorick-mb/
R http://www.r-project.org/
idl http://www.rsinc.com/

fits:
   dfits http://archive.eso.org/saft/dfits/
   iraf http://iraf.noao.edu/
   pyraf see below python
   iraf http://iraf.noao.edu/
   pyraf see below python
   pyfits see below python


library:
   slalib http://star-www.rl.ac.uk/star/docs/sun67.htx/sun67.html

plotting:
   xmgrace http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/

python http://www.python.org
   pcftisio http://panoramix.stsci.edu/~npirzkal/python/pcfitsio/index.html
   biggles http://biggles.sourceforge.net/
   libdislin
   matplotlib http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
   pytfits http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits
   pyraf http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyraf
   scipy http://www.scipy.org/
   numeric
   numarray


= Additional Packages =
STSDAS 3.4

STSDAS archives:

Source [ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/pub/software/stsdas/stsdas_v3.4/source/stsdas34.tar.gz]:
stsdas34.tar.gz

Binaries (RedHat Enterprise 3) [ftp://ftp.stsci.edu/pub/software/stsdas/stsdas_v3.4/binaries/stsdas34.bin.rh.tar.gz]:
stsdas34.bin.rh.tar.gz

{{{


Modified the /usr/local/iraf/iraf/unix/hlib/extern.pkg file to
include:

reset   stsdas          =/usr/lib/iraf/stsdas
task    stsdas.pkg      = stsdas$stsdas.cl

Under the reset   helpdb line, added:

,stsdas$lib/helpdb.mip

Created stsdas directory under: /usr/lib/iraf

cdelacruz@metis:/usr/lib/iraf$ sudo mkdir stsdas

Source file unpacked to the /usr/lib/iraf/stsdas directory:

cdelacruz@metis:/usr/lib/iraf/stsdas$ sudo gzip -d *.gz
cdelacruz@metis:/usr/lib/iraf/stsdas$ sudo tar -xf stsdas34.tar

Binary file unpacked to the /usr/lib/iraf/stsdas/bin.redhat directory:

cdelacruz@metis:/usr/lib/iraf/stsdas/bin.redhat$ sudo tar -xf stsdas34.bin.rh.tar



cdelacruz@metis:/usr/lib/iraf/stsdas/python$ sudo python compileall.py ./*
}}}